Sunday, January 17, 2016

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great week! I am sorry this is a couple of days late. I was sick this week so I am still trying to play catch-up!
Let's get started, The stickers I am using is from CricketPaper Co.

I played out on a index card what Washi I wanted to use.

My Insert quote of the week is:

My Blank Canvas:

So first things first, Laying down the Washi:

This week I played with layering my Washi, I think it turned out good!

Next all my planner stickers are placed and I start adding events or to do's to my week:

This week was fun. I tried some new things and enjoyed the way my planner turned out.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Hello everyone it's another plan with me post! I love my planner and how it's turning out!
This week I'm going Mint and Gold! I found these stickers at CricketPaper Co. I love her Esty Shop!https://www.etsy.com/shop/CricketPaperCo

Next up is the Washi tape

The first thing I always do it lay down the washi tape for the outline

LOVE! The colors are going together great!

Next placing the stickers.

The 2 circle stickers are for payday I thought it would be cute there. This week turned out wonderful! Now to add my weekly quote.

Love love love this week's planner! What did you do for your weekly planner?

Thursday, January 7, 2016

It's that time again. All the products I used and finished for the month of December. Now there wasn't to many this month. The ones that were Good were GREAT! There was only 1 that I had a big problem with.

Let's start with the Peter Lamas. I bought this on Ipsy for $10.00. It was a great facial cleanser.

clariSEARapid Detox Charcoal Exfoliate Was my FAVORITE! I got it in a Ipsy bag The regular price for this is $18.00

Amika Dry Shampoo worked great. I got this with Birchbox. The full size goes for $21.00

Macadamia Professional leave in conditioning mist was my 2nd favorite product. I got it with Birchbox. It was a nice size and I used it all month. The full size goes for $22.00

Yu-Be skin Cream I got this in Birchbox. I used it on my feet and it worked. My feet were super soft. The full size goes for $16.00.

Nourish Organic Pure Hydrating Argan Face Serum - This product well it leaked all over the place even with the lid tightly closed. It made my skin feel really oily I wasn't impressed. I got it in a Ipsy bag and the full size goes for $23.99

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Welcome all to week 1 of the 52 week plan to Organize, Clean, and De-Clutter our home and life.

Week 1 is a super easy de-clutter and cleaning project. (YAY!) after the past month of running around getting ready for the holidays I felt I should start off by not taking on a HUGE weekly project and making myself feel overwhelm.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Happy New Years everyone! Saturday I woke up early, got dressed and headed out to shop for a month of groceries. Whew! I was tough and I got a huge work-out!
Now planning for a month of groceries took me about 3 hours to do the week before. First I had to made a menu for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Then I had to write up everything I was running low on here and everything we would need to make all our meals and place them on a grocery list for each store.

My main stores were Sam's Club and Aldi with Kroger's being the place I bought most my meat at that wasn't chicken or ground meat.My budget for the month was $400.00 and I only spent (this included the dog food!) $324.55
My car was PACKED as I drove home.

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About Me

Welcome to Never in the Kitchen! Hello I'm Donna Ausmus. The name for this blog was thought up by my youngest daughter Abby as a joke; because I'm always in the kitchen. I started this blog because of my love of cooking for my friends and family. From cooking I expand this blog out into crafts, canning, planning/organzing, and budgeting. I love to try new homemade things from cleaning products to new types of bread to make.

My family is always on a budget and I love sharing my ideas for saving money and still having fun! Our family never goes without and we make sure to live well below our mends.

In our 3 bedroom 1 bath (that's right 1 bath!!!) rental house we have a full house! There is My wonderful hubby, My son, James who is just starting college, my youngest daughter Abby, who is in her senior year of high school, me, 2 dogs and we have my step sons, Aidan who is 13 and Landon who is 10 come up to stay with us at least twice a month, and my oldest daughter Victoria who comes to visit from Houston when she can.

This blog is about who I am and how we are always changing as a blended family.